The Arthur Fennell and Kenny Gamble 3rd Annual Celebrity Billiards Championship was held at the Downtown Marriott on Friday, December 12th. The star studded>> tournament raises money for both the Arthur Fennell Foundation and Universal Companies to further health education and outreach activities in distressed neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

The seventh annual Star Chefs to benefit the March of Dimes was held at the Wyndham hotel on Monday, December 8th. Guest restaurants cooking stations lined the perimeter of the grand ballroom and happy munchers circled around tasting various concoctions once, twice, or more.

The kickoff party for the Army Navy weekend was held at the ballroom at the Convention Center on Friday, December 5th. Despite the miserable weather, the headcount numbered over 1500. Several women were seen by the coatcheck exchanging boots for their party shoes.